# Incident 20110726014919I: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, Spring, TX, July 26, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2011, 14:30 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N165SH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-J2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,160 total, 859 in this make and model, 251 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110726014919I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING CFI/STUDENT TRAINING, WHILE PERFORMING HOVERING AUTOROTATIONS, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH ENOUGH ROTATIONAL TORQUE TO CAUSE MINIMAL SKIN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS NOTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW SO INSTRUCTION CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES BEFORE TERMINSTING THE FLIGHT. A PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING MORNING WAS THE FIRST INDICATION OF DAMAGE. SKIN DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE 4 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE TAIL BOOM AND THE 7 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE FUSELAUGE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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